Travel
Busy day yesterday. And because we only had two and a half days in New York, we didn't want to waste any of it!
First thing, we went for a walk half way across the Williamsburg Bridge. We wanted to see if we could get a different view of midtown Manhattan, but it turns out that they've got screening mesh across most of it so that you can't throw things (or yourself!) onto the cars and subway trains that are also crossing the bridge.
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- Back In The Big Apple!
Seems we brought some South African weather back to New York City. Well, almost. Yesterday was probably the nicest day New York has seen since last December! But what a long trip to get here. When you include the hour and a half stop in Dakar, Senegal,...
- There Is Too Much To See!
Every corner you turn in New York City leads you to a new street that you've never been on before. We could easily spend more than one full day just in Lower Manhattan. Good thing we're coming back here for three more days in March. We did at...
- Tower Bridge And The Fire Monument
Yesterday morning we walked down to Tower Bridge. This bridge is one of the most famous in the world, however it is often mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is actually the next bridge up river. Tower Bridge was built in six years and was...
- Vegas (day 2)
Busy day yesterday! Started off by driving down to the strip. Lots of free parking, so we pulled into the self park behind the New York, New York buildings near the end of the strip near the airport. Click here to read more......
- Walk Across The Hudson
Yesterday was the Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) and most schools were closed, so Sandy took the day off as well and we all went to walk across the Hudson River. An old train bridge was rebuilt as a pedestrian walkway, and is about...
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Busy day yesterday. And because we only had two and a half days in New York, we didn't want to waste any of it!
First thing, we went for a walk half way across the Williamsburg Bridge. We wanted to see if we could get a different view of midtown Manhattan, but it turns out that they've got screening mesh across most of it so that you can't throw things (or yourself!) onto the cars and subway trains that are also crossing the bridge.
Click here to read more...
- Back In The Big Apple!
Seems we brought some South African weather back to New York City. Well, almost. Yesterday was probably the nicest day New York has seen since last December! But what a long trip to get here. When you include the hour and a half stop in Dakar, Senegal,...
- There Is Too Much To See!
Every corner you turn in New York City leads you to a new street that you've never been on before. We could easily spend more than one full day just in Lower Manhattan. Good thing we're coming back here for three more days in March. We did at...
- Tower Bridge And The Fire Monument
Yesterday morning we walked down to Tower Bridge. This bridge is one of the most famous in the world, however it is often mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is actually the next bridge up river. Tower Bridge was built in six years and was...
- Vegas (day 2)
Busy day yesterday! Started off by driving down to the strip. Lots of free parking, so we pulled into the self park behind the New York, New York buildings near the end of the strip near the airport. Click here to read more......
- Walk Across The Hudson
Yesterday was the Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) and most schools were closed, so Sandy took the day off as well and we all went to walk across the Hudson River. An old train bridge was rebuilt as a pedestrian walkway, and is about...